My writing generally divides itself into about three categories: Mixed Bits, Short Stories, and Novels. I make no promises for any of this stuff, but if you want to read
it, enjoy.
The Fall of Dark: My first novel, this is a rather long-winded piece that grinds into gear verrrrrrry slowly. After the first hundred pages or so, it gets to be pretty good. I've included a section of reading consisting of one chap
ter in which the resident villain shows up to destroy the last of his (non-major character) opposition in town. It stands as its own short story. Enjoy. Likely, I'll be rewriting this book someday, when I can do the story justice.
The Dagger of Midnight: My second novel (how
about
that!), this piece sort of jumps the gun. I'm not including any bits of it here, as it is up for a legitimate sale. Summary of plot: Prandsome Hince, Sicked Wep-stister, Rindercell
a and the Wig Wad Bulf go on a quest together to save the land from a horrible plague. Havoc ensues, and then they live happily ever after.
The Templar's Song: My third novel, continuing in
the same world as The Dagger of Midnight. This book is
much more solid. It reads pretty quickly, and holds the suspense much
better than the others. Plot summary: Evil Bad Guy sends Handsome Devil
to kill All The Good Guys. Papa Bear Amos, a Knight Templar and alla
that, must defend his ersatz family from the Handsome Devil.
'Pathfinders, Book One: See No Evil: The first of
what will hopefully be a revenue-generating series, the plot of this is SO
SECRET that I can't even tell you how secret it IS. Though finished, the
book needs a sturdy brushing up, after which it might be an acceptable
tale.
'The Dresden Chronicles, Book One:
Semiautomagic': My fifth book, this one seems to have some
promise of one day actually selling, and has been read widely by my
friends online. Here's wishing me luck.
'The Dresden Chronicles, Book Two: Fool Moon': My
sixth book, a work in progress, will rather depend on the sale of book
one to get sold itself--but the intrepid Harry Dresden once more sets
out to battle the age-old forces of darkness in modern-day Chicago,
without becoming one of them himself. I have so much fun writing
these, I almost don't care if they sell or not.
'Secret Keeper': My seventh book, being written
concurrently with the sixth, is basically a total rewrite of the first
story, taking all that I've learned in the intervening five years and
trying to apply it to the same story. It's coming out radically
differently, and has been highly praised.
Moonlight Sonata: A very clever play on
words which few have appreciated, this title. Originally written for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, this short story has been rejected by some of the finest publishers in the la
nd.
A Friday Night Evil: I wrote this one
partly to get a good grade in my writing class, but mostly because it was Halloween, and I had just read the fantastic, incredible, wonderful Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter books by Laur
el K. Hamilton. (If you haven't read them, and you like either vampires, the supernatural, hard-boiled detectives, or gripping fiction, you should pick them up.) Anyway, this story is something in same sort of vein (pun intended) as those works.
Saturday Night Vengence: Sequal to A Friday
Night Evil, this short story also got written mostly for fun--and because I
always wondered what would happen if I ever disobeyed my dad's express directions, and went driving throu
gh Swope Park after the sun went down...
Blood of My Blood: The first of the Tales
of the Forever, a slightly different spin on the supernatural. Looking
back on it, I suppose it's a tad gory. Don't read while eating spaghetti.
Antediluvians: A short story submitted to
White Wolf for the Vampire: The Dark Ages anthology. They rejected me
without even the courtesy of a rejection letter in the SASE, the heartless
goobs!
The
Goblyn Chylde: This work, while truly sick, probably saved my degree,
by pulling a 'D' out of a yawning dive towards 'F' in my last-semester
English Writing course. One of my few female viewpoint
characters--someone let me know if I do 'psychotic' well enough.
The Virgin: A story of war and power and
innocence lost, set in the time of Rome's wars with Carthage.
